Pioneers Mourn Anna Warning Death in Riverdale
Mrs Anna Warning died Tuesday August 26 1919 aged 66 years 3 months 13 days after years of illness. She cared for family and neighbors earning much affection in Riverdale. Born Anna Reich May 13 1853 in Hohenstein Germany she emigrated to America at 18 months and married Henry Warning February 20 1878. Survived by eight children seven living eight grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm with interment Oakland cemetery.
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Riverdale
Hohenstein
Saxony
Germany
America
Hammond
Globe Station
Pioneer Days
Henry Warning
Albert
Minnie
Henry Burgwold
Bertha
William
Dora
Edward Ripley
Clara
Wm. Budd
Louise
W. J. Claussen
Louis G
Richard Reich
Oakland Cemetery
Pioneer resident Cornelius DeRidder dies at 72
Cornelius DeRidder, longtime resident of Dalton, died at his home on 856 Park avenue on August 27 1919 at age 72. Born July 27 1847 near Amsterdam he emigrated with his parents in 1853 and settled near South Holland. He married Artjie DeYoung October 5 1870 and had ten children seven living nine grandchildren and one sister Mrs Gerrit Van Oostenbrugge. He worked in farming until health failed a few years ago.
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Cornelius DeRidder
Park Avenue
Dalton
Amsterdam
Holland
America
John
Nellie DeRidder
South Holland
Chicago Road
50’S
Artjie DeYoung
Jane
Nels Johnson
Tracey
Louis Walter
Anna
Sarah
J. Kliinkhammer
Henry
Anie
Gerrit van
DeRidder Native Remembered for Pioneer Life in South Holland
The obituary notes Mr. DeRidder lived in the neighborhood for 66 years and was upright in dealings. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 PM at his house and 2 PM at the First Reformed Church in South Holland, with interment at Oakridge Cemetery in Thornton.
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DeRidder
First Reformed Church
South Holland
Oakridge Cemetery
Thornton
Liberty Boys lose protest over age players in Chicago league
The Liberty Boys see their championship hopes crushed after a protest over ineligible players is upheld by Monitors, despite remaining Southern Division champions. Standards beat a team billed as Struver’s Warriors 6 to 4 in a nine inning game, with Lefty Albrecht delivering a 4 to 2 victory in Englewood Cup action against Woodlawns.
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Liberty Boys
Chicago Boys’ League
L. B’s
Dalton
L. B.s
Fred Hess
Struver
Warriors
Ben Stieman
Jack Zoller
Teddy
L. B
Hespen
Lefty
Whitman
Barnes
Plano
Elks
Sheehan’s Park
Labor
Grand Crossing
Listen Believe Me at Crede Col Candle Office
The Candle editor admits not bragging while sober yet a baby boy weighing eight and a half pounds arrived last Sunday at his home. We credit the Mrs and congratulate the doctor and nurse for officiating. Some credit a stork, but the editor resists that tale.
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Candle
Riverdale Board awards street resurfacing contract and subway study
The Riverdale Board awarded JC Bloodgood a 138th Street resurfacing contract at seven cents per square yard from Panhandle tracks to Halsted. A petition to build a subway at 138th Street under the Nickel Plate is authorized. The board also orders repairs to the Atlantic and Stewart Avenue crossings and notices to property owners to lay cement walks.
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Riverdale Board
J C. Bloodgood
Harvey
138Th Street
Panhandle
Halsted Street
Nicrols Central
Atlantic Avenue
Stewart Avenue
Indiana Harbor
137Th Place
Goos
Hyatt
The
Public Service Co
Flick
City
Dolton Woman's Club Announces Prize Winners for Weighed Babies
The Dolton Woman's Club announces winners from a weighing event. Margaret Niewald is the girl most nearly perfect with Charlotte Gallegos second and Helen Zanow third. for boys, Robert Zoller is most perfect, John Staat second and Roy Van denberg third. Full names to be printed in next issue.
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Dolton Woman’s Club
Margaret Niewald
Charlotte Gallegos
Helen Zanow
Robert Zoller
John Staat
Roy Vandenberg
Health Clinic Schedule For Cook County Institute
The Cook County Health Clinic of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute will visit Dalton on Friday September 5 at 10 am Thornton on Tuesday September 2 at 2 pm Lansing on Tuesday September 9 at 10 am and Homewood on Tuesday September 2 at 11 am. Miss H Goosh R N Cook County Rural Public Health Nurse.
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Cook County
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Dalton
Thornton
Lansing
Homewood
H. Goosh
R. N
Hay Prices Spark Quiet Public Interest
Not much has been said about hayseeds since hay has been selling for fifty dollars a ton.
Holy Name Society Meeting Moved Up to September 7
The regular quarterly gathering of the Archdiocesan Holy Name Society is advanced to 2 30 p m at Holy Angels Hall Oakwood Boulevard and Vincennes Avenue. A large delegation from parishes is expected to attend to discuss winter plans and it will be addressed by Rt Rev A J McGavik D D and Thomas Cannon.
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Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Society
Holy Angels Hall
Oakwood Boulevard
Vincennes Avenue
A. J.mcgavik
D. D
Thomas Cannon
Local and Personal News Highlights from the Community
Local residents share travel returns and homecomings. Marines and engineers come home from overseas. others visit relatives in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Church events, meetings, and social notices fill the week with picnics, sermons, and lodge events.
Scouts Troop 797 Meeting Announced for Sept 2
Boy Scouts Troop 797 schedules its next meeting on Tuesday, Sept 2 at 7 30 p m at Our Saviours Lutheran church. All members and interested boys age 12 and over are invited to attend to begin scout work.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
School Opens As Delton Area Reopens To Students
Public schools in Delton Riverdale and vicory resume on Tuesday Sept 2 with a full line of teachers led by Superintendent O T Bright. District 148 facilities have been improved and desks resealed as parents are urged to buy new books at 25 percent savings.
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Delton
Riverdale
Vicory
Highlawn
Chicago Street
Lincoln Avenue
Subscriptions Update for The Pointer
The Pointer remains $1.00 for those who pay in advance. the next year’s rate will be $1.50 after October 1. Many readers paid up last week. please check your status and renew to lock in the old rate.
Notice to Parents on Chicago Street Kindergarten Closure
District 148 announces the Chicago Street school kindergarten will be organized after a new room is finished, likely October 1. Parents may enroll children at Lincoln Avenue school if desired. Board of Education, Dist. 148.
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Chicago Street School
Lincoln Avenue School
Board of Education
Teachers Marry Yet Remain in the Profession
The article notes that teachers marrying does not mean retirement but indicates they are reducing workload and raising wages. It observes many devote half their time to defending against high prices and the other half to improving pay and hours.
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Anna Warning
Mrs. Anna Warning
Cornelius DE Ridder
Baseball
P.R.R
Sulway
I. C. Crossing
Holy Name Society
John Matthieson
Peora
Henry DeVries
Pullman
Montana
Max Ernst
Marine Corps
G. A. Ernst
Charley Nelson
John Ohlson
Edward
Mildred
Ellsworth
Minnesota
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul’s Church
Lows Willis
St. Louis
Minocqua
Wis
Henderson
Lou
Willis
Rodman
Municipal Pier
Geo. H. Schaefer
George
Wittenberg
William Rudloff
Dalton Methodist Church
Epworth
Womans’ Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Chas. Schnoor
New Lisbon
Clarence O’brien
Springfield
Ira J. Hastings
Kalamazoo
Mich
C. A. Howe
Howe
Ed Vickers
Harold
Ohio
Wm. Lawall
Shepard
Winner
Samuel Traisman
Pontiac
Olga A. Lawrenz
St. Paul
Minn
Isabelle Wahmhoff
Alvina Goerringer
Conrad Goerringer
Dr. Kollar
Boy Scouts
O. T. Bright
Bane
Matthews
Milton
Doherty
Waddell
Charlotte Healy
Gallagher
Diekman
Hanschmann
Power
Stade
Galibier
Beuchat
Marsh
Wm. C. Cray
Alta Bowman
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